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Notícias

FTC Takes Action Against Publishers Clearing House for Misleading Consumers About Sweepstakes Entries

FTC and DOJ Propose Changes to HSR Form for More Effective, Efficient Merger Review

FTC Order Requires New England-based Clothing Accessories Company to Pay for Falsely Claiming Its Products Were Made in USA

Antitrust: Commission seeks feedback on commitments offered by Renfe over possible anticompetitive practices in online rail ticketing in Spain

Mergers: Commission sends Orange and MasMovil Statement of Objections over their proposed joint venture in Spain

Open markets for digital mobility services – Deutsche Bahn must end restrictions of competition

La CNMC realiza varias inspecciones en las sedes de empresas relevantes del sector eléctrico por posibles prácticas anticompetitivas

Green Endeavour pays penalty for alleged breach of Horticulture Code

Casos

FTC

Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan Joined by Commissioners Slaughter and Bedoya Regarding Proposed Amendments to the Premerger Notification Form and the Hart-Scott-Rodino Rules

Date

June 27, 2023

By

Lina M. Khan, Chair;

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Commissioner;

Alvaro Bedoya, Commissioner

File

Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan Joined by Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya Regarding Proposed Amendments to the Premerger Notification Form and the Hart-Scott-Rodino Rules (127.34 KB)

Publishers Clearing House, LLC (PCH), FTC v.

As a result of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, Publishers Clearing House (PCH) has agreed to a proposed court order will require it to pay $18.5 million to consumers who spent money and wasted their time, and make substantial changes to how it conducts business online.

In a complaint against PCH, the FTC charges that the company uses “dark patterns” to mislead consumers about how to enter the company’s well-known sweepstakes drawings and made them believe that a purchase is necessary to win or would increase their chances of winning, and that their sweepstakes entries are incomplete even when they are not. The FTC also charges that the company has added surprise shipping and handling fees to the costs of products, misrepresented that ordering is “risk free,” used deceptive emails as part of its marketing campaign, and misrepresented its policies on selling users’ personal data to third parties prior to January 2019. Many consumers affected by these practices are older and lower-income.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

June 27, 2023

FTC Matter/File Number

182 3145

Case Status

Pending

Comissão Europeia

BROOKFIELD / TRITON

Merger

M.11142

Last Decision Date:27.06.2023Simplified procedure

Ongoing

Investigation phase:1SADCO / DPDHL / JV

Merger

M.11113

Last Decision Date:27.06.2023Simplified procedure

Ongoing

Investigation phase:1CONTARGO / ZIEGLER / SCHMID / JV

Merger

M.11078

Last Decision Date:27.06.2023Simplified procedure

Ongoing

Investigation phase:1

CMA

• Enterprise Act 2002 merger remediesEnterprise Act 2002 (EA02) merger orders made and undertakings put in place before 2004 that are not available on the National Archives.
  • Updated: 28 June 2023
• Review of merger undertakings given by British Sky BroadcastingThe CMA’s final decision is to release merger undertakings given by British Sky Broadcasting Group plc in 2001.
  • Updated: 28 June 2023
• Bestway Panacea Holdings Limited / Lexon UK Holdings and Asurex merger inquiryThe CMA is investigating the completed acquisition by Bestway Panacea Holdings Limited of Lexon UK Holdings Limited and Asurex Limited.
  • Updated: 28 June 2023
• CMA submission to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill CommitteeThe CMA has published its written evidence to the Public Bill Committee for the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill.
  • Updated: 27 June 2023
• CMA Appraisal Methodology Report 2023The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has a statutory duty to comply with the Public Records Act 1958 (PRA).
  • Updated: 27 June 2023